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Skipper
Chuck Zink WTVJ Channel 4 in Miami
ABOVE is a photo of Skipper Chuck Zink,
Glumbo,
Strawberry the Horse (puppet) and a very fiesty Chimp
A 1957
shot of Skipper Chuck Zink,
"First Mate" Ellen Kimball and "Glumbo" along with
some kids
outside of the WTVJ-TV 4 Miami, Florida TV studios.
Skipper Chuck Zink with two new assistants
on the show.
This was before "Little Annie Orphanic" and "First Mate
Scrubby" joined the show.
Skipper Chuck Zink, "Scrubby"
(Richard Elvin Pritchard) and
"Little Annie Orphanic" (Darlene Ernest) on the set of
WTVJ TV 4's 'Skipper Chuck Show / The Popeye Playhouse.'
Here is a rare photo of Skipper Chuck Zink with
"Glumbo, The Sad Face Tramp Clown" (Richard McCarthy) at a Miami,
Fla. supermarket.
Photos of Skipper
Chuck Zink, his parrot "Sping, Me Hartys"
on the set of 'The Skipper Chuck Show / The Popeye Playhouse.'
A contest was held to name the parrot, the winner was 'Sping,' (pronounced
'spin-j') short for spinach.
A group portrait of Chuck Zink (minus His
"Skipper Chuck" hat and t-shirt) with "Scrubby" (Richard
Elvin Pritchard) and Musical Director Mr. Tommy Gannon. This was the final
cast of Zink's long-running children's program. Zink died January 3, 2006.
Notes
on these photos by the late Chuck Zink himself.
Allan Mason of Broadcast Network News writes: According to Wikipeadia Chuck Zink died January 5, 2009 I worked with Chuck at WXEL Television where I produced his last television interview. He was a friend, and is missed.
